In Latest Gaffe, Joe Biden Calls Ukraine President ‘Vladimir’ At NATO Summit
This follows a string of blunders committed by Mr Biden in the recent past.
Faux-pas-prone US President Joe Biden made another mistake recently when he confused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Russian President Putin and referred to him as “Vladimir”.
“Vladimir and I … I shouldn’t know each other that well,” Mr. Biden said during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. However, he quickly recognized his mistake and corrected himself in the next sentence.
”Mister. “Zelenskyi and I talked about the kind of guarantees we could give in the meantime when I was in Ukraine and when we met in other places,” he said.
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Notably, Mr. Putin and Mr. Zelenskyy each have a different version of the same name, with “Volodymyr” being the version most commonly used in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, a video of Mr Biden’s speech went viral on social media, with many saying he now needs to rest. One user wrote, “America should certainly protect its president and just admit that he needs to retire… it’s embarrassing and surely all Americans, both Republicans and Democrats, would be big enough to accept that father time was not a political gain.” brings.”
Some also defended it, saying it was a slight mistake since “Volodymyr” and “Vladimir” are variations of the same name and they sound similar.
A second user commented, “It’s literally his first name. Voldymyr is the Ukrainian way of saying Vladimir, which is Russian.” A third added, “Volodymyr and Vladimir are actually not that different, they are.” “Obviously it’s not ideal, but some people also mistakenly said Osama for Obama.”
This follows a string of blunders committed by Mr Biden in the recent past. In his 2022 State of the Union address, he mistakenly referred to “Ukrainians” as “Iranians” while discussing how Russian President Putin invaded the country.
“Putin could orbit [capital city] Kiev with tanks, but he will never win the hearts and souls of the Iranian people,” Mr Biden said. He also asked if a deceased lawmaker was present during a White House conference.
Last month, in a similar verbal slip, Mr Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was “losing the war in Iraq” when he meant to say Ukraine.
According to a Reuters report, opinion polls show that a majority of Americans have concerns about his age. However, the president’s doctor declared him healthy and “fit for duty” in February after a physical.